>> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions, this is abc 7 news. >> totally flip setup. steph curry, just brilliant. dion: a day for the history books and you saw it right here on abc 7. steph curry saving the season. our team has the top moments and reactions. plus a sunday night bidding war for first republic. the fdic setting up for the sale of the san francisco bank. and a big weather shift is headed our way this week. our meteorologist joins us with how low it will go. i am dion lim. you are watching abc seven news at 11 :00.

let's start with that increbl statearrid sthngut a win or go home game against the sacramento kings. with the series and season on the line. steph curry was at his absolute best. let's bring in abc news sports director larry beil because did you even see this coming? larry: no. nobody saw this coming. we are talking about the very best game seven performance in nba history as the warriors won on the road in sacramento and they advanced to round two. steph curry put the warriors on his back and he scored the game seven nba playoff record. 50. he almost single-handedly carried the warriors to this victory.

ptured this series four -- 4-3. basically dissected the whole king's defense by himself. a performance for the ages. here is chris alvarez with more from sacramento. chris: with elimination facing the warriors, it was the face of the franchise putting up a historic night in game seven. stephen curry with 50 points as the warriors move on to round two. >> there is still nerves and anxiousness and anticipating a big night, but we get out there and our experience took over. it felt pretty comfortable from the jump. it was a great experience. >> what an incredible performance. this is a game seven i will forever remember. steph curry is a joy to wa and play with. i am truly joyed sharing the backcourt with him. >> we taken for granted because

he is brilliant night after night and we have been watching him for 10 years. you have to remind yourself every once in a while, this is one of the great players in the history of the game. >> with everything on the line and for him to go out and put up 50 points, he is getting doubles and switching up the defense. he had the answer to everything. he was very special to watch. >> when you have rare situations, rare players do rare things, and steph curry was that player tonight. he controlled the tempo of the game, drove the pace. when he is locked in, he is labor -- laser focused. chris: golden state now enters their semifinal series against the lakers with home-court advantage, but the lakers have a couple more days of rest. the closed out their first round series friday night. so the warriors host the lakers. larry: thank you.

these nba playoffs have been filled with upsets. the warriors the number six seed, the lakers are seated seven, so the dubs had ord court advantage for the first two games at home in chase. more in sports. dion: sounds good. thank you. the energy was electrifying at the game seven watch party at thrive city in front of chase center. in the crowd, a tinge of purple and even some respect for the sacramento kings from diehard warriors fans. >> sacramento is a good team, a young team, so i believe they have younger legs, but we have more experience. >> i think the warriors are tired. it is our turn now. absolutely. dion: not this year, unfortunately. olblde her for the next

round against a familiar opponent, lebron jaynes -- lebron james, and the l.a. lakers. the lakers will be at chase center on tuesday nights. a single ticket at stubhub to get in the door now selling for $365. we have a more cost-effective way to show up, with this warriors badge on our social media pages bid you can share this to your own story or profile to brag about that big dubs win. moving on and happening tomorrow, we will see the start of a new plan of action from governor newsom on fighting the fentanyl crisis in san francisco. chp officers will be targeting the tenderloin neighborhood the california national guard works behind the scenes analyzing intelligence. asbemoe tara: monday, march 6 the start of a major move -- monday marks

the start of a major move to crack down on the fentanyl market. chp and the california national guard teaming up with the sfpd and district attorneys office to get drug dealers off the streets. >> anything we can do to take that apart. tara: supervisor matt dorsey appears -- expects the support to go a long way. >> we have to make sure we are winding up support for the people who are going to have a harder time fighting drugs. >> we are targeting the supply like this, especially with people who do have substance abuse disorder and their prime mental -- and their primary substance is fentanyl. tara: gary mccoy is with one of the law -- nonprofits working with the city is in hopes of establishing safe consumption sites. these are places people can go to use their drugs under supervision in case of an overdose, then be connected to

services like treatment and housing. safe consumption sites are illegal under federal law, but the mayor's office and board of supervisors are trying to find workarounds similar to sites like those in new york city operated by a nonprofit. >> there are some conversations happening that fingers crossed we will make some progress on some of the overdose prevention sites. tara: last year governor newsom vetoed a bill that would have paved the way for some cities to pilot safe consumption sites, including san francisco. state senator scott wiener authored the bill. >> it was a lost opportunity when the governor vetoed our safe consumption site legislation, but hope is eternal and we will continue to try to collaborate with the governor and others to find public solutions to this crisis. tara: meanwhile, hope that the governor will reconsider as this new form of state support hits the streets. >> it is not going to be as

successful, like we do not have a public health intervention for people who use drugs. dion: we have been committed to covering this ongoing issue, including with our abc 7 originals documentary called injecting hope. tara campbell traveled to vancouver, canada to examine north america's first ever safe injection site and see how it works. you can watch injecting hope no one demand on our abc 7 bay area streaming app. several banks bids to take over first republic bank. federal regulators set a 1:00 p.m. deadline today for banks to submit their best takeover offers. according to yahoo! finance, a half-dozen banks including bank of america, j.p. morgan chase, and p.r.c. are likely bidders.

republic's health began withdrawing more than 100 billion dollars in deposits last year. that has led to first republic's stock dropping 75% since last monday. part of our mission in building a better bay area means finding progress in our communities. earlier this year we brought you a story about thieves who had broken into the open school of the arts. they allegedly stole 30 grand worth of instruments. but tonight, good news to report. thousands of dollars in donations have poured in and abc7news reporter j.r. stone wears -- was able to them as other students from the district did their part. ♪ j.r.: you cannot go wrong with the sweet sounds of the sax or those of a trumpet, violin, or other instrument, especially when the teenage students

playing together are from different schools in different cities. >> we just had a benefit concert to raise funds for the open school of arts. j.r.: this student school in moraga. for his eagle scouts project, he wanted to help the open school for the arts, where earlier this year thieves stole an estimated $30,000 worth of instruments. >> i wanted to help as much as i could end no better way than doing something like this. j.r.: a benefit jazz concert whether collective funds help oakland school for the arts. the better part here, kids from baraga collaborated with those from oakland for this performance. >> they come out and care about what happened to our school. >> it is helpful and it makes me very happy. there are other people our age in the community of young people who are willing to help other young people. j.r.: since the instruments have been stolen, donors have come

up. more than 30 replacement instruments have been donated. the money brought in here will help the school offset the cos associated with refurbishing the donated instruments and more. perhaps the best part, it is out with the old memories and in with the new ones. >> it was fun seeing the other band play and playing together with them. >> that would be my favorite part, playing with other people. >> i band would play organized tunes while there's is very solo and improvised, which is very cool seeing the different styles. >> we were moved and inspired when we got the call, and these kids want to continue to collaborate even after today, which is also another benefit of this. j.r.: j.r. stone abc 7 news. dion: such impressive people. still ahead on abc7news at 11:00, so-called mom influencer

convicted from lying about a kidnapping of her kids. plus, the great tech challenge. thousands of bright bay area minds competing in a high-powered weekend. frances: and we had more cooling today with rain on the way late tomorrow night. when you can expect it

>> this week, chita rivera joins the band in hosting the white house correspondents dinner. that is coming up this week at 1:00 p.m. on abc 7. dion: new developments.

a popular social media influencer from the north bay been convicted on charges she likes to police about an attempted kidnapping. katie sorensen now faces six months in jail. as our reporter tells us, she was accused and had strong words. reporter: a popular social media influencer who falsely accused a couple of trying to kidnap her children now convicted of lying about the whole ordeal. >> monday this week, my children were the targets of attempted kidnap. reporter: katie sorensen, a mom influencer, uploaded this video that was viewed more than 4 million times. >> i share this story with you in an effort to raise awareness of what signs to look for. reporter: falsely claiming that two strangers tried to kidnap her children outside the petaluma michael's store. the d.a.'s office says the

office -- the video was posted a week after sorensen reported this alleged incident to the police. the accused couple, sadie and eddie martinez, recognized themselves in this photo and came forward to deny sorensen's claims. >> she was looking for content for her fame and her income. and at our expense. reporter: sorensen's attorney maintains his client did not lie to police. >> she misunderstood a series of random events which were around her and made an honest report to the police on december 7. reporter: her attorney adding one sorensen reviewed the evidence, realized she was wrong. >> i do not think she had understanding of how this would spread and the impact it would cause. reporter: but some legal experts say this verdict is not

accountability. >> this is a woman who mined clicks i get -- at the expense of a couple in california. dion: in the east bay, the oakland unified school district and its teachers have wrapped up a weekend of negotiations, but still no deal on a new contract tonight. both sides are trying to avoid a possible teachers strike with less than a month left in the school year. open teachers have been working without a contract since october. the union wants a 23% raise while the district is offering 22%. the union says that 22% require teachers work an extra two hours a week and it will not begin to certify teachers for all positions. [wind blowing] you could call this for windsurfers in alameda

dathwi h peect conditions for kite and windsurfers on the bay. maybe it was not so windy, but we saw this across the bay area. frances: you could see the whitecaps in the water. it was really windy for me today. i find it not too pleasant to be out, but the kite and windsurfers love it. the wind has cleared out some of the clouds but it is still breezy out there. check out the gusts in oakland at 44 miles per hour, sfo at 33 mile per hour gus and san francisco, 35 mile per hour wins. that will allow temperatures to cool down with this onshore flow and winds coming from the northwest, so it is cooler air. the cold front moves through. temperatures right now are in the low 50's and overnight tonight we will start to see increasing clouds. we will drop into the mid-40's

through parts of overall we wi's and upper 40's tonight. tomorrow, things are going to be even a little bit cooler. we will have a hard time reaching the low 60's for some of our warmest locations like antioch, 63 concord, possibl mid 60's in santa rosa. around the bay, upper 50's to low 60's, 60 in oakland, and san jose. a storm is heading our way our exclusive storm impact scale images a level one out of five. it will bring us chances of rain tomorrow, but most of the rainfall will fall early tuesday morning, possibly lingering into wednesday. generally less than half an inch. there is a chance of thunderstorms and this is a cold system so snow may drop as low as 4000 feet. increasing clouds tomorrow, you will notice the shower activity as the load drops south. this is a lighter rain onis is

ere re llow. notice it wraps around. wednesday we could see lingering showers, and it tapers off. there is the accuweather 7-day forecast. cloudy tomorrow, cooler showers in the afternoon and evening, thunderstorms even possible in this level 1 storm. tuesday into wednesday, it turns into scattered showers. looking slightly milder for cinco de mayo, but another low might drop in next weekend, so it is a bit unsettled for next weekend. it is changing a lot the last few days. dion: where did summer go? frances: it is gone and spring is gone too. dion: we will keep our eye on next week and. still ahead on abc7news endangered species of jobs. what a worldwide report is

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dion: the world could lose 14 million jobs over the next five years, and you can thank the rise of artificial intelligence for part of the reason why. a survey from the world economic forum predicted employers eliminate more jobs than they create. the jobs most at risk include administrative positions and data analyst positions as those jobs could become more automated. in the south bay, students put their minds together for a problem that many of us experienced recently. students from the fourth through 12th grade interacted -- participated in the interactive event in the south bay. the problem they attempted to solve was how to build a

structure that can withstand powerful winds like those we saw during our series of atmospheric river's. 500 teams competed and were judged on best design used materials. simply put, it was a performance of the ages by steph curry today. larry beil joins us with a preview of sports. larry: we cannot get enough of what steph curry did today. aim seven, everything at stake. he made every type of shot imaginable, a record 50 point performance, sending the warr

>> abc 7 sports, sponsored by river rock casino. larry: good evening. who is the greatest point guard of all time? steph curry just did something nobody had ever done before. he went for ape playoff record 50 points as the warriors beat the sacramento kings. game seven date with the -- lakers paid there is the fox. you have got the cowbells and steph did not care about any of that. the deep three, splash.

the end of the first half, the game is tied. de'aaron fox was held to a mere mortal 16 points in this game. curry catches with a deep three of his own, had 20 points in the first half. sacramento led by two at the break. this is just a spectacular break on the drive, falling down, scooped to the hoop, up and pulls the foul. are you serious? and moments later, curry misses the lay-up. kevon looney with the and then draymond finds staff, who misses the three, and then it is spectacular. curry with the rebound and he scores again. signature play, one of many in this game. kevon looney has alluded complementary 20 rebounds, 10 on the offensive class. he was a huge x factor.

klay thompson, four point play to end the quarter, so the warriors are up 10. then it is all curry, curry, per. he couldn't do anything to stop him. 50 points for stephen curry, and how will you lose steph after he hits this floater and a scoring almost at will against your entire defense? he scored from the corner. how does that happen? with less than two seconds on the shot clock, that was it. until around two against the lakers and the warriors have home court. >> with staff, andre, to do this for a it is incredible. the energy it takes to fight off challengers year after year and to have to prepare and win big

games and do it over and over again, there is a reason these guys are hall of famer's, champions. this is not a one year flash in the pan. this is a decade they have done it, and it is incredible to watch. larry: on to round two, game one against the lakers on tuesday night. abc 7 sports sponsored by river rock casino. dion: thank you. much more to come on abc7news at 11:00. an update on that days long power outage in downtown san francisco, and the window to get the power back. plus, a disturbing series of killings down in texas. plus, a day of half moon bay they -- half moon bay. the sunday show that has something for everyone.

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>> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions, this is abc 7 news. dion: disturbing developing news in

texas. a neighbor accused of execution style killings. police calling him armed and dangerous. tonight there is an $80,000 reward for information leading up to his arrest, and police say he gunned down five people inside a home in texas. rhiannon ally has the latest on the manhunt. reporter: the fbi saying on sunday they have no leads as they search for francisco oropesa, releasing these photos of the suspect who they consider armed and dangerous and offering an $80,000 reward. >> we do not know where he is. we do not have any tips right now as to where he may be. that is why we have come up with this reward so hopefully somebody out there can call us. reporter: at least 200 law enforcement officers from multiple agencies, including the fbi, are searching for the 38-year-old suspect. he is accused of gunning down five victims inside a home in cleveland, texas.

deanna velasquez alvarado is a jonathan cassara's, and a mother and son, all honduras. authorities say two of the women who died were found lying on top of surviving children covered in blood. >> a lot of people died in my county. reporter: authorities say oropesa was firing his ar-15 on his porch for fun when garcia who lives next door asked him to stop. authorities say the suspect, allegedly drunk and enraged, stormed into garcia's house and shot. >> i never had a problem, garcia says. the community surrounding garcia with support, coming together on sunday to pray for the victims as the manhunt continues. rhiannon allie, abc7news, new york. dion: a popular downtown

restaurant is closed for dinner after a car smashed into the dining room this afternoon. the crash happened during the lunch russ. -- lunch rush. glass flew everywhere. firefighters say there were three minor injuries. no one needed to be taken to the hospital. the building owner says he spoke with the driver. >> he says the gas by mistake, froze, car lurched, and found himself inside. so he does not really know what happened. you can imagine in the middle of it all a big shock. dion: the owner says the driver was a nice guy and they will sort out damages through insurance. firefighters say there was nothing structurally compromised. tonight, pg&e says power is now

restored to all but a few remaining customers in san francisco after a massive days long outage from last week. here is a live look at the pg&e outage map right now. you can see there, but remember back on wednesday night, a fire in an underground transformer volt knocked out electricity for thousands. pg&e was shooting to have all power restored at the top of the hour, currently about 80 customers in the dark. the only shelter for the un-housed in the city of alameda is closing its doors tomorrow. told you about the pivotal role that the christ episcopal church played in providing shelter during our wet winter. it opened its doors and provided a house -- a warm place for the unhoused to sleep. tonight is the final night guests can sleep in the shelter.

they held a final dinner this evening and the church is already planning to reopen next winter. >> we have begun to think about how this model will continue to grow next year, who our community partner will be, and how it will be more sustainable in terms of our volunteers and how to partner. with other faith-based organizations. dion: the church has been helping guests transition to other places to live. organizers served countless people, underscoring the need for more affordable housing in the region. on the coast of san mateo county, we saw a massive celebration of the canticle ingenuity power and style. the 30th pacific coast dream machines show is back in half moon bay after a covid hiatus. on display today were warbirds from the past, classic cars, and spectacular looking boats. organizers called this display the coolest show on earth and judging by the turnout, there were plenty of takers to check

out the incredible galleries of machinery. much more to come on abc7news at 11:00. giant piles of trash teeming with life. the discovery within this massive garbage pile in the pacific and what it might mean for our oceans. frances: the weather will be even cooler tomorrow with more clouds and breezy conditions, and the rain arrives late tomorrow night into tuesday. have your umbrellas

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dion: our mission in building a better bay area always means keeping an eye on our environment. the largest patch of pollution on the planet is also teeming with life. weather anchor spencer christian is not here tonight, but he did go out to find out what these patches mean for the ocean. >> this is broad fish.

aren't they cool? spencer: this marine ecologist has always considered the frog fish remarkable sea creature, but not for the reason it has her attention now. this one was plucked from a man-made environmental disaster zone, a massive stretch in the pacific ocean known as the great pacific arbiter patch. -- garbage patch. >> the great interesting thing about the garbage patch is that it has created a floating coastline that has that three-dimensional structure a lot of these coastal species depend on. it has sort of become a substitute environment. spencer: a substitute environment with an estimated 80,000 tons of plastic, fishing next, and trash floating in the pacific. we got a closer look last year when the recovery ship returned to south toledo. mary crowley directs

voyages institute, which organizes the cleanup missions that have expanded into an unexpected program of scientific research and providing specimens. >> we have discovered a tremendous amount of things on the expeditions. if you look closer, you can see things that are growing out there. >> this is a mussel. spencer: growing and thriving. back at the smithsonian environmental research center, this scientist is helping to identify specimens, anything from tiny crustaceans to larger fish. floating along with them are several critical questions. if those mounds of plastic can support life, can they also spread quickly into the marine food chain or carry invasive species from one continent to another? >> if these coastal species that are only found on one side of the pacific associate and are able to live out their lives and reproduce and perhaps grow in

number on the floating garbage patch, they may get close enough to the other side of the pacific. spencer: the doctors as many of the key questions are still left to be answered. then the meantime, mary crowley says her organization is hoping to add a new vessel in the near future, joining a fleet that has a dual mission to understand the ecological effects of the massive garbage patch at the same time they are trying to clean it up. spencer christian, abc 7 news. dion: you and i were like this watching. [laughter] frances: fascinating. dion: the frog fish among others. frances: we are also watching the wind still strong out there right now. gusting to 44 miles per hour, over 30 miles per hour at sfo and san francisco and even over parts of the east bay. temperatures tonight will drop into the upper 40's, low 50's. some clearing in the north.

tomorrow will be cooler. temperatures will be in the upper 50's, low 60's for almost everyone. 57 in san francisco with all that wind, and we will get more rain too. tomorrow we will start to see possible sprinkles, maybe some light rain in the late evening, and a level 1 storm on our exclusive storm impact scale arrives tuesday and turns into scattered showers on wednesday. you can also see a chance of thunderstorms with this cold system. looking pretty dry for cinco de mayo but unsettled next weekend as another load drops into the bay area. dion: we are watching it closely. once again, larry beil with a preview of sports. larry: steph curry is going to get most of the attention, deservedly so. the warriors just won a series without kevon looney.

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>> abc 7 sports, sponsored by river rock casino. larry: steph curry's brilliance was on full display in his game 750 point performance, but the warriors would not have won this contest or the series without the work of kevon looney.

loon with the glass. how about this? he joins wilt chamberlain and nate thurman as the only players in warriors history with multiple 21 rebound names in the playoffs. abc 7's chris alvarez spoke him after the game. chris: you talked about taking game seven personal. it is part of that not this game but also extending this run with this guy and getting another opportunity to play this game this year? >> definitely. we feel like we are a championship level team and we have not played that way all this season, but we played well in the playoffs and it was great in the series. we got better each game, so a lot of fun with the team to try and run it. we go out there and improve tonight. chris: your story is one of great perseverance and i was reading one in the new york

times. >> definitely, having some major injuries and trying to find a way to get better and take my game and body to the next level. just having my core strength, mobility, and i feel stronger physically and mentally out there. some of that, it added two years ago, and so i give a lot of credit to joe. chris: for a lot of the rebounds you get, steph is not helping you because he gets a lot of baskets. how special was tonight's performance in game seven? >> it was great, watching growing up to playing in the nba. people talk about everything on the line and putting up 50 points, he is getting double lit, and they switched up the defense and he had to answer for everything. it was special to watch and even more special to be part of it. chris: a quick thought on the

lakers and your early thoughts on playing the purple? >> i think it is good. it will be a lot of fun against lebron, may be delo, a lot of times those guys are on the line, so they are a really good team. larry: thank you. onto baseball, giants and padres wrapping up their two game series in mexico. these teams combined for 1 homers yesterday. here we go again. mitch henniker solo blast. he had a home or twice in mexico. the giants take a 4-0 lead, but that is not a lead they would hold. matt carpenter, and this one is going to fall. mike chris krebs the with the dog and pulls his hammy on the play.

it makes the giants fall 6-4. a brutal april for the a's. they were hosting the it was as bad as the a's have been. a high defense, the second of the a.l.. fast-forward, the 4-4 game 2-1 for ruiz. good night, game over, drive home safely. the a's at least finish the month on a high note as they snap a nine-game losing streak. to the ice we go. they had the best season, taking on the florida panthers in tlae. dominant tm. . e you the bruins 4-3, florida is

they move on. wow. abc 7 sports, sponsored by river rock casino. dion? dion: wow indee thank you. the news continues tomorrow at 5:00. for all of us here, thank you for joining us. have a great evening. we will see you tomorrow morning. ♪

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